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Three iPhone camera tricks that INSTANTLY improve your photos – including ‘upside down’ hack
APPLE is always improving its iPhone cameras and a lot of them can capture professional looking images.
Here’s three of the best iPhone camera tricks that could instantly improve your photos.
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Upside down photo trick
This is a trick that went viral on social media.
It involves zooming out and flipping your phone upside down to create an epic scenic image.
A popular account called Memezar, which has almost 23 million followers, reposted a photography explainer video via an account called @jdthecameraguy.
The video shows the photographer trying to take a photo of some buildings on his phone and then explaining a trick to make the scene look even more impressive.
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He says: “Put your phone on 0.5 zoom.
“Flip your camera upside down.
“Then make sure the bottom two grids have the sky in it.
“This will help you create a good composition.
“Once you have that all set, just take the picture and it should look something like this.”
He then reveals his photo flipped the right way around.
Lots of other similar videos explaining the technique have appeared on Instagram.
If you want to try it out for yourself you might need to set up a grid on your phone.
Getting a grid on your camera is explained in the tip below.
Try the “Rule of Thirds”
The “Rule of Thirds” can make an image look more professional.
To try it out go to your Settings and then scroll to “Camera”.
Click “Camera” and then turn on the toggle next to the word “Grid”.
When you go back to your camera app you should see a grid has now appeared on the screen.
Now you can use the lines to place your subject at one of the crosses formed by the intersecting lines.
The idea is that your photo is divided into thirds and your subject is just one third of that, with the background playing more of a role.
Make the most of Portrait Mode
Apple was said to update Portrait Mode’s algorithms to work better with non human subjects when the iPhone 11 series launched.
That supposedly made it better at taking images of pets.
If you have an iPhone 11 Pro or 12 Pro you should see a “2x” icon in the bottom left of the screen when you click on Portrait mode.
Tap this and the icon will change to “1x” which means you can include more of the background in your image.
You can try slowly moving your phone in and out from your subject if you’re not getting the desired blurred background effect.
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